Shoe.



J. G" MILLER.

SHOE.

APPLIGATLOK nun JAN. 9, 1909.

921,433. Patelited May 11, 1909.

nnrrnn JOHN G. MILLER, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

Specificati n of Letters Patent.

Fatented May 11, 1909.

Application filed January 8, 1909. Serial No. 471,347.

T 0 all whom it "may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. MILLER, citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Benver, in the county of Denver and State ofColorado, have invented a new and useful Shoe, of which the following isspecificatron.

This invention. relates to shoes and its objeot is to provide, as apermanent part thereof, an overshoe designed, when not in use, to behoused with a portion of the shoe where it will be protected frominjury, it being unnecessary to provide any supplemental means upon theshoe for housing the overshoe, and, therefore, said shoe being permittedto retain all the appearances of an ordinary shoe.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which can bereadily adjusted so as to extend the overshoe from its housing and intoengagement with the sole of the shoe so as to prevent the admission ofmoisture thereto.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists of certainnovel details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter morefully described. and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown. In said drawings :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the heelportion of a shoe and showing the overshoe attachment extendedtherefrom, portions of the shoe being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2is a side elevation of a shoe, and showing the heel and the overshoeattachment in section. Fig. 3 is a section through the heel portion of ashoe and showing the overshoe attachment housed therein.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a shoethe heel 2 of which is preferably formed of metal or other material andwhich is hollow as indicated at 3 so as to form a receptacle. The frontportion of the heel is provided with a closure 4 which is to be fastenedin closed position in any preferred manner, preferably by means of oneor more catches 5 designed to engage the sides of the heel, there beingsmall notches 6 for the reception of the catches. If preferred, variousother means may be utilized for securing the closure in position acrossthe open end of the receptacle. Secured upon the upper or inner face ofthe closure 4 is an elastic rubber sole 7 capable of being stretched toa considerable extent and shaped so as to substantially conform to thecontour of the sole of the shoe. An inturned flange 8 is formed alongthe edges of this sole portion 7 and the terminal portions of theflange, to wit: those portions thereof located between the heel 2 andthe closure 4, are enlarged as indicated at 9 and secured to the innerfaces of the side walls of the heel The sole portion 7 of the overshoeattachment may be thickened as indicated at 16- where it is subjected tothe greatest wear.

As shown in Fig. 3 the entire overshoe attachment is designed to berolled and folded into the receptacle or heel 2, this being permitted inview of the fact said attachment is formed of thin rubber capable ofbeing stretched to a considerable extent, and there fore easily rolledor wrapped into a compact bundle capable of being inserted into the heel2. After the overshoe attachment has been placed within the heel theclosure 4 may be locked in closed position, and the shoe will have everyappearance of an ordinary shoe.

Should it be desired to use the overshoe portion of the device it ismerely necessary to swing the closure 4 downwardly and remove theovershoe portion from the heel. Said portion can then be stretchedlongitudinally and laterally so as to permit the intur'ned flange 8 toengage the edges of the sole of the shoe. The enlarged portions 9 of theflange will close the space formed between the front of the heel and theinstep.

it is to be understood of course that one or more thicknesses of leathermay be secured upon the bottom of the metal portion of the heel asindicated at 11. Moreover, the closure 4. instead of being located infront of the heel may be disposed at any other desired point. Alsovarious other changes may be made in the construction and arrangement ofparts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the'advantages ofthe invention.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a shoe, a portion of saidshoe constituting a housing; of an overshoe disposed to be containedwithin the housing.

2. A shoe having a housing constituting an integral portion thereof, andan overshoe normally housed within, but disposed to be extended beyondsaid housing.

3. A shoe having a housing constituting an integral portion thereof, anovershoe within and disposed to be .extended beyond the housing, and aclosure upon the housing.

4. A shoe having a housing constituting an integral portion thereof, aclosure for the housing, and an overshoe secured to the housing andclosure and disposed to be entirely seated within the housing.

5. A shoe having a housing constituting an integral portion thereof, aclosure for the housing, and an elastic overshoe secured to the housingand its closure and disposed to be completely seated within the housing,said overshoe having a marginal sole-engaging flange.

6. A shoe having a hollow heel constituting a housing, and an elasticovershoe secured within and disposed to be entirely seated inside of theheel.

7. A shoe having a hollow heel constituting a housing, an elasticovershoe secured Within and disposed to be entirely seated inside of thehee and a closure movably connected to the heel for concealing theovershoe therein.

8. A shoe having a hollow heel constituting a housing, a closure movablyconnected to the heel, and an overshoe secured to and disposed to behoused within the heel, said overshoe comprising an elastic sole portionsecured to the bottom portion of the heel and to the closure, and amarginal sole-engaging flange extending from the sole portion of theovershoe and having enlarged terminal ortions secured to the side wallsof the hee In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I havehereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

J OHN G. MILLER. itnesses:

VVYM. P. FLEMING. O. E. BROOKS.

